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vols.

American  

abbreviation

  1. volumes.


vols. British  

abbreviation

  1. volumes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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And there is the monumental Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII, 21 vols., a work of 50 years, deep mine of source material.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 2 vols., 8vo, Cloth, $7.00; Sheep, $8.00; Half Calf, $11.50.

From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by James Parton

In 2 vols., crown 8vo, cloth, 12s. 6d.

From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by John Ruskin

By J. T. Headley, 2 vols. 12mo. cloth gilt.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley

A collected edition of Hogg’s Tales appeared in 1837 in 6 vols., and a second in 1851; his Poetical Works were published in 1822, 1838-1840 and 1865-1866.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

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